Portable paint mask



March 20, 1951 v s, WHEATLEY 2,545,638

PORTABLE PAINT MASK Filed Feb. 7, 1949 PORTABLE PAINT MASK 4 SamuelWheatley, Kansas City, Mo. 7 I I Application February 7, 1949, SerialNo. 75,001

3 Claims. (01. 91.65)

My invention relates to portable paint masks and my object is to providea simple inexpensive and efficient device of this character which may beheld in one handto mask a surface adjacent to'another surface beingpainted with a brush manipulated by the other hand f A further object isto protect the surface of the mask against the accumulation of paintthereon from the brush when in use, so that there will be no excesswaste paint to drip or run from the mask upon the surface protectedthereby.

Otherobjects will hereinafter appear, and in order that the inventionmay be fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying.drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the device in position to protect aportion of the glass of a window sash, 1

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device,

Fi 3.is a cross section of the device.

Referring in detail to the different parts, A designates a portion of awindow sash including glass Band frame C. As shown by Fig. 1, mydeviceis arranged to protect a portion of the glass B while an adjacentportion of the frame is beingpainted. Referring mor particularly to mydevice, 2 designates a blade of suitable size forming the maskingportion of the device. The rear portion of the blade is firmly securedat its upperand lower ends to brackets v Al and 6 respectively,extending rearwardly at an angle from the blade as'shown best by Figs. 1andf3. Mounted between the rear ends of the brackets is a manuallycontrolled roller 8 which is preferably of rectangular' cross section asshown, .jlh roller 8 is provided at its upper and lower ends withaxially aligned..;screws or pivots l and I2, extending freelyg throughapertures in the rear ends of the brackets-4 and 6, respectively.

A roller I8, of cylindrical cross section, is mounted at its upper andlower ends upon axially aligned fscrews or pivots 2!] and 22 which inturn pass through apertures in offset portions 28 and 30 of the brackets4 and 6, respectively.

The blade 2 is protected from paint by a sheet of paper 38 or othertough flexible material wrapped around the roller [8 in a}.-roll. Asshown best byi'Fig. 3, the sheet 38 extends forwardly from the roller I8along one sidejof the blade 2, then folds over the front edge of theblade and extends rearwardly' thereof to the roller 8, around which itis wrapped several times.

With'the sheet 38 arranged as'shown by Fig. 3, it is apparent that itfully coversthe front and rear sides ofv the blade 2 and thus'protectsthe 2 same from paint during the painting of the window sash A.

In practice, the rectangular roller 8 is grasped with one hand and theforward end of the blade 2 is placed against the inner surface of thesash A to protect the glass B as shown by Fig. 1, while the adjacentportion of the frame C is being painted.

During the painting operation, more or less paint will be brushed uponthe exposed side of the sheet 38, which on becoming covered more or lessby the paint, is manually wound upon the roller 8 as needed until thefront side of the blade is covered with clean paper.

By making the roller 8 in rectangular form as shown and insertingflexible washers 42 and between the ends thereof and the brackets 4 and6, sufficient friction is provided to overcome any tendency of theroller 8 to turn backward and allow the sheet 38 to become slack.Likewise, washers 45 and 48 may be inserted between the ends of rollerl8 and the brackets 4 and 6 to prevent the paper from unwinding exceptwhen the roller 8 is manually operated to wind the paper thereon.

After the sheet 38 has been covered with paintthrough almost its entirelength it is removed from the rollers 8 and [8, so that a fresh sheetmay be substituted.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that I have provided adevice which is well adapted for the purpose intended, and while I haveshown and described a preferred form of the device, I reserve the rightto make such changes and modifications as properly fall within the scopeof the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. A portable mask comprising a planar blade, a pair of spaced-apartrollers parallel to the forward edge of said blade and carried forrotation by said blade adjacent the rearward edge thereof, frictionalmeans resisting rotation of said rollers, and a strip of flexiblematerial having its end portions wound respectively on said rollers andits intermediatelportion lying against each side of said blade andpassing around the forward edge thereof.

2. A portable mask comprising a planar blade, a pair of spaced-apartrollers parallel to the forward edge of said blade and carried forrotation by said blade adjacent the rearward edge thereof, and a stripof flexible material having its end portions wound respectively on saidrollers and its end portions Wound respectively on said rollers.

and its intermediate portion lying against each side of said blade andpassing aroundthe for ward edge thereof, one of said rollers beingnoncircular in cross-section, whereby" to serve as a 2,545,638 j y I 4REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,001,532 Kenyon et al Aug, 22,1911 1,847,046 Guerra Feb. 23,-1932 2,226,654 Bates Dec. 31, 19402301,5051 Bates ,No v-.' 10, 1942 2,367,722 Guthrie Jan. 23, 19452,426,572 Alderfer Aug. 26, 1947 Reincke July 19, 1949 handle forsupporting said mask, and rotating,:

said roller.

SAMUEL

